Keyboard shortcuts

PowerPhotos tries to offer keyboard shortcuts in as many places as possible, to make it possible to navigate within your photo libraries without having to reach for the mouse or trackpad if you don’t want to. Here is a summary of available keyboard shortcuts.

Managing libraries

Create a new library	Command-N
Add an existing library to the PowerPhotos library list	Command-Shift-A
Remove a library from the PowerPhotos library list	Command-Shift-Delete
Remove a library from PowerPhotos and move it to the trash	Command-Shift-Option-Delete
Create a new library group	Command-Control-N
Duplicate the selected library	Command-D
Open the selected library in Photos	Command-Shift-O
Open the selected library in a separate PowerPhotos window	Command-Option-O
Reveal the selected library in the Finder	Command-R

Managing albums/photos

Create a new album	Command-Shift-N
Create a new folder	Command-Option-N
Delete the selected albums or photos from the library	Command-delete
Remove the selected photos from the selected album	Delete
Toggle a photo’s favorite status	Period (.)
Open Photos and reveal the selected photo in the Photos window	Command-Shift-P

Album list

Move the selection up or down one row	Up/down arrow
Select multiple albums going up or down	Shift + up/down arrow
Expand the selected folder	Right arrow
Expand the selected folder and all of its children recursively	Option + right arrow
Collapse the selected folder	Left arrow
Collapse the selected folder and all of its children recursively	Option + left arrow
Add or remove a single album to the current selection	Command + click
Add or remove a range of albums to the current selection	Shift + click

Photo browser

Move the selection up/down/left/right	Arrow keys
Scroll one page down	Page down (fn + right arrow)
Scroll one page up	Page up (fn + left arrow)
Scroll to the bottom of the photo browser	End (fn + down arrow)
Scroll to the top of the photo browser	Home (fn + up arrow)
Add or remove a single photo to the current selection	Command-click
Add or remove a range of photos to the current selection	Shift-click
View the selected photo full size	Double click or space bar
Switch to grid view	Command-1
Switch to list view	Command-2

Single photo viewer

Advance to the next/previous photo	Right/left arrows
Advance to the next/previous photo	Two finger swipe right/left
Zoom in/out on the photo	Pinch
Pan around a zoomed in photo	Two finger drag/scroll wheel
Dismiss the photo viewer and return to grid/list view	Double click, command + up arrow, space bar, or two finger swipe down
Option + space bar	Play/pause a video or animated GIF

Inspector

Move to the next metadata field (e.g. title, keywords, or caption). If the last field is currently selected, advance to the next photo and move to the first field	Tab
Move to the previous metadata field. If the first field is currently selected, advance to the previous photo and move to the last field.	Shift-tab
Advance to the next photo without changing the focused field	Option-tab
Advance to the previous photo without changing the focused field	Option-Shift-tab

Navigation

Move keyboard focus to the library list	Control + 1
Move keyboard focus to the album list	Control + 2
Move keyboard focus to the photo browser	Control + 3
Move keyboard focus to the inspector	Control + 4
Show/hide the inspector pane	Command-i
Toggle full screen	🌐 + f or command-Control-f